Tara Labs question for general newbie


Hi All,

Im just getting started in all of this so please bare with me. Obviously working with a budget, i ran across some listing on the other big auction site and there are Tara Labs RSC audio cables (axiom, prime and reference models) all listed for the same price. I have exhausted my research on google and found nothing listing these EXCEPT a Russian price list. My question is which one should i look at bidding on? Is there a noticeable difference? I have read many threads stating I should really concentrate on cables just as much as I do on the equipment itself.

Thanks for your advise in advance!!

Daniel Strickland
dsaudioguy

Showing 1 response by bombaywalla

Daniel,
TARA Labs is a good brand of cables. I've atleast a couple of models from them & enjoyed listening to them - the Prism biwire & Master Gen 2 interconnects & speaker cables.

I believe that the Axiom model is the older one in the 3 models that you cited. It was a well regarded cable but some of the upper models from the Prime line & definitely the Reference line will better it.
In the Prime model range there used to be Prime 500 (entry level), Prime 1000 & Prime 1800. If you haven't guessed it, the Prime 1800 was the best in this model range. Later the RSC Prime Gen2 came out & that was even better (& more expensive).
ABove the Prime is the RSC Reference & the later RSC Reference Gen 2. Needless to say, the RSC Reference Gen 2 is the best of all the models you cited.
SO, if you are bidding, my reco is to bid on the Reference & that too the Reference Gen 2 if there is one being auctioned.
If you have budget contraints bid on the top-most model that fits your budget.
Good luck!